Simple WebDav Setup

webdav.md

1.5 | WebDav

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WebDav Server Setup

• https://helpcenter.onlyoffice.com/installation/groups-connect-webdav-ubuntu.aspx

1. Install the Apache web server

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2

Now the Apache server is installed and running.

2. Set the WebDAV data directory The default document root directory for Apache (in Ubuntu 14.04 and later) is /var/www/html. It makes up the document tree structure which should be accessible from the web. Create a new folder named webdav within the /var/www/ directory:

sudo mkdir /var/www/webdav

Change the folder owner to your Apache user www-data so that Apache has write access to the folder:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/

3. Enable the WebDAV modules within the Apache configuration Apache includes built-in WebDAV modules, but they are not enabled by default. Enable them using the following commands:

sudo a2enmod dav
sudo a2enmod dav_fs

4. Configure your WebDAV Server

https://helpcenter.onlyoffice.com/installation/groups-connect-webdav-ubuntu.aspx

DavLockDB /var/www/DavLock

<VirtualHost *:80>
        # WebDav Configurations 
        Alias /webdav /var/www/STORAGE
        <Directory /var/www/STORAGE> 
                DAV On 
                AuthType Basic
                AuthName "webdav" 
                AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/webdav.passwords 
                Require valid-user
                Options Indexes MultiViews
                AllowOverride None
        </Directory>

        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html

        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

WebDav Client Setup

• https://askubuntu.com/questions/406782/auto-mount-webdav-folder

1. Install davfs2 client to mount webdav

sudo apt install davfs2

2. add your user to davfs group so you can mount without sudo

sudo usermod -a -G davfs2 $USER

You have to reboot/logout your system. OR execute the following before mounting the WebDav drive

su - $USER

3. Edit /etc/davfs2/davfs2.conf to enable automatic credentials use.

• Uncomment the line secrets ~/.davfs2/secrets

nano /etc/davfs2/davfs2.conf

4. Edit ~/.davfs2/secrets file to add credentials to remote WebDav directory.

mkdir ~/.davfs2 ; nano ~/.davfs2/secrets

• Add a line to the end of file in following style:

https://<WebDav URI>   <username> <password>

http://aa.bb.cc.dd/webdav/ USER PASS

• Set the permission:

chmod 600 ~/.davfs2/secrets

5. Add a line to /etc/fstab about the remote WebDav directory

https://<WebDav URI> <mount point> davfs user,noauto,file_mode=600,dir_mode=700 0 1

[http://aa.bb.cc.dd/webdav/ /home/USER/STORAGE davfs _netdev,noauto,user,uid=USER,gid=USER  0       0

6. mount it

Remember: Execute su - $USER If you didn't reboot/logout after adding the current user to davfs2 group

• Linux

mount -t davfs -o noexec http://aa.bb.cc.dd/webdav/ /home/USER/STORAGE